Very happy to see my new paper online open access with Urban Geography.

Can you plug a water network into a computer? Will digital mapping save water? Will a private company be able to connect more people? What happens when water reforms that have historically had limited success are mashed-up with new digital tech? And tested in hundreds of cities…

Smart water? Corporate experiments and hybrid hydraulics in India.  Urban Geography, September 2025.  Online here

I don’t think there’s an acknowledgements section, but I appreciate contributions from reviewers and editors, as well as Ursula Rao, Martin Fuchs, Sanjay Srivastava and participants at ICAS-MP Urban Futures workshop, and Ayona Datta and participants at UCL (Re)Thinking Smart, (Re)Thinking Scale where I presented an earlier version. This work would not be possible without the generosity of interlocutors in India and beyond over the years and I remain grateful for our interactions. Errors of any kind are on me.